Norwegian Star Cruise Reviews for Family to the Mediterranean

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"In one case we waited for 50 minutes – the response of all the disrespectful latecomers to the disgruntled customers & guide was “the ship will wait – stop worrying” We had six featured port calls cancelled, Buenos Aires was chaos due to the World Cup final, and the holiday season closures impacted our shore experiences.During this time period staff announced that the Star had been rated best NCL ship for the week...."Read More
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The Star: An older ship heading for S America

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Star

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CruisinMaterial
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

About the Reviewer: I’m a middle-aged American male who traveled solo on this, my 60th voyage. Over half of my sailings have been with NCL, however, I have sailed on other cruise lines including Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, MSC and Carnival. This cruise was my first cruise as a Diamond Latitudes member with NCL. My reviews are written in chronological order of events as they took place on the ship. ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


Disappointment

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Norwegian Star

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reag0101
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

I cruised many times before but first time with Norwegian and it was not good experience. Food: - Garden Cafe buffet was way below average and mostly asian cuisine. Only soup made for your request was delicious. - O' Sheehan's Bar& Grill had very limited choices of food the same below of average quality - Special dining in Le Bistro was satisfactory. Ginza was just ok. - Versailles ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


Transatlantic Crossing on the Norwegian Star

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Star

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NJa416
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

This November/December, my partner and I (age 40 & 32), along with my parents (age older) were fortunate enough to spend two weeks on board the beautiful Norwegian Star as she transversed the Atlantic on her repositioning voyage from Lisbon to Rio De Janeiro – our first transatlantic crossing. While we had our reservations embarking upon a cruise with so many sea days, we had a wonderful time and ...
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Sail Date: November 2022

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


Inconsistent

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Star

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ebbooby
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We have just experienced six weeks cruising on the NCL Star chosen for the itinerary. The refurbished ship is basic, clean. and most staff are friendly. Staterooms are about 1/2 the size of a standard hotel room; comfortable with basic amenities, but not very soundproof. Hopefully your neighbours on all four sides are respectful and considerate of others. The Bliss Lounge is now dark without ...
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Sail Date: November 2022

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


Western europe

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Norwegian Star

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Judycrosby
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

Had great cruise in 2018 with Norwegian on the epic. Was hoping for same on the Star. The Star is smaller and was very clean. Cabin staff were excellent. Staff constantly yelling greetings at you everywhere you go. Had to ask a few to stop yelling at me. It’s sad because in their attempt to make you feel Welcome it becomes annoying and we just started to ignore them as the trip ...
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Sail Date: October 2022


Things to expect on an underbooked older cruise ship

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Norwegian Star

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zgjdenver@q.com
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We thought we liked the itinerary - 10 day cruise from Venice to Barcelona with a different port everyday. We wore ourselves out and did not have the discipline not to get off the ship every day. Just couldn’t resist at least seeing the port. Next time I will choose ships with at least 2 sea days on a 10 day cruise. Ports we liked: Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor: each of which we did either a hop on/hop ...
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Sail Date: May 2022

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


Disappointing

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Star

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GMan1989
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Chose this cruise to cross the Atlantic. Cabin was nice. Service was somewhat lacking. Food on the buffet was on par with other cruise lines, but dining room food was very poor. No steak and lobster, not even once. No dress up night or even a Captains dinner. I would compare the cruise to traveling in coach on a discount airline. Not one of the crew ever called us by our name. Entertainment for ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


Star is Fading

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Star

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Northstar03
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We were planning on a trip to Barcelona for week and decided to try a transatlantic experience. Barcelona is great city and we had a great week. Having read previous reviews, we realized that the Star was an older ship that had a refurbishment, so we knew it wouldn't be perfect. All in all, it's not one of the best, but it is pretty good ship. We had a mini suite which had a couple of nice ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


NCL Star - Likes and Dislikes

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Star

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CoachKarl
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

I like the organization of exterior public spaces. Most outward facing railing is composed of evenly spaced vertically oriented glass panels. Panels range in height from four to eight feet. All panels are about a foot wide and every gap between those panes is about 3 inches. It serves perfectly it’s intended perfectly in three ways. First, you can see everything. They may get a bit obscured ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Oceanview Picture Window


A bargain repostioning cruise

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Norwegian Star

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Star Trek 1
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

The timeline fit well for us and the price was great. The food in the dining rooms was mostly tasty, but not always hot. The service seemed to be a bit better in the Aqua restaurant, and Aqua was less noisy. You did not need to make reservations, but you could if you wanted to. We did not try any a la carte restaurants, and we heard mixed reviews from those that did. We were treated to dinner ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Family Inside


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